Bay View High School - Oracle Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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It is in the homeroom that guidance-educa- tional, social, and vocational - both individual and group, centers. This year, group guidance has been especially concerned with the educational and social guidance that is possible through the use of films, and vocational guidance that is possible through the use of group conferences and visitation. Throughout this semester, iuniors and seniors have visited colleges, hospitals, and industry. Many students took advantage of the spring vacation and Institute Day to make these trips. These trips have covered the entire field of iob opportunities in busi- ness and industry. As always, college representa- tives have visited Bay View to explain the offerings of each school to interested seniors. Field trips were arranged on Saturdays, by the Service League, for freshmen and sophomores. They were taken on a tour of the Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee County Airport. MISS STATZ, Dean of Girls COUNSELORS Mr. Suttle, Miss Steel, Mr. Williams, Mr. Koch. Page Twenty-nine

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Administration The interest that Bay View has in its students begins while they are still enrolled as eighth graders in the public territorial schools from which they are soon to graduate. A high school counselor makes the first contact with these pupils when he visits each of the schools and administers a mathematics aptitude test to the prospective graduates. The results of this test are valuable later when the pupils are planning their high school courses. This initial visit is followed by another, at which the counselor, who will be responsible for these students the four years they are in high school, is accompanied by two graduates of the particular school who are still enrolled at Bay View. At this visit, the curricular and co-curricular offerings of Bay View are explained. Following this second visit, the eighth graders are invited to Bay View, where they are entertained in the auditorium and taken on a tour of the building. MR. WILEY, Counselor Chairman Page Twenty-eight MR. DONDLINGER, Vice-Principal Later, after the parents of these pupils have attended a meeting held for them at Bay View, the counselor again visits the elementary school. In consultation with the pupil, the eighth grade teacher, often the school principal, and usually the student's parents, the counselor helps the pupil plan the course he will follow all through high school. These plans are naturally subiect to change, but always these changes are considered with reference to the entire course the student has chosen. They are always approved by the parents and counselor. After students are enrolled at Bay View, they are assigned to homeroom teachers for the four years they are to remain in high school. To these teachers the students report twice daily, in the morning and again in the afternoon. To these teachers belongs the responsibility for the welfare of these pupils. In this they are assisted by the counselor, who brought the pupils into high school and will speed them on their way as graduates on their commencement night.

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Student Government STUDENT BOARD SEMESTER ONE Norbert Mutschler, Thomas Penclergost, Gilbert Holtz, Thomas Troyer, Karen Fritsche, Sandra Sedenquist, Barbara Brickhouse. The establishment of honor study halls touched off action in Bay View's Student Government Association this year. Also, a new system of building control was established. The combining of corridor and host and hostess committees proved to be a very successful venture. Fun was had by all when the pep committee pre- sented the 1956 pep rallies. High, too, were the results of their efforts, for attendance at all the games rocketed sky high. Christmas brought with it a developing tradition as once again Bay View sent gifts to the Waukesha Home of Boys. The public relations committee, along with the 9B instruction committee, educated incoming freshmen and sophomores. Panels on S.G.A., individual home- room instruction, and, of late, a new freshman hand- book, constituted a sharp orientation program. A spirited and rollicking homecoming dance, enjoyed by over one thousand Viewites and ex-Viewites, gave the new year a grand and glorious start. ln turn, happily culminating the year, the spring semi-formal dance ushered out the final days with color, gaiety, and grandeur. The crowning of Bay View's first formal king and queen added the final touch to a full year. All in all, the student body enioyed a prosperous year, following and improving on standard activities, and laying the groundwork for even more activity in years to come. Sponsors: Miss Steel fffhoirmanj, Mr. Blonien, Miss Lane, Mrs. Lynch. Page Thirty STUDENT COURT Paul Picchiottino, John Ebersol, Marvin Obarski, Robert Plhl Geraldine Stanley, Judith Prochnow, Carmen Niemi.